diff --git a/src/Utils/Strings.php b/src/Utils/Strings.php
index 92c30c991..6f47bb967 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Strings.php
+++ b/src/Utils/Strings.php
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ public static function chr(int $code): string
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a code point of specific character in UTF-8 (number in range 0x0000..D7FF or 0xE000..10FFFF).
+	 */
+	public static function ord(string $c): int
+	{
+		if (!extension_loaded('iconv')) {
+			throw new Nette\NotSupportedException(__METHOD__ . '() requires ICONV extension that is not loaded.');
+		}
+
+		$tmp = iconv('UTF-8', 'UTF-32BE//IGNORE', $c);
+		if (!$tmp) {
+			throw new Nette\InvalidArgumentException('Invalid UTF-8 character "' . ($c === '' ? '' : '\x' . strtoupper(bin2hex($c))) . '".');
+		}
+
+		return unpack('N', $tmp)[1];
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Starts the $haystack string with the prefix $needle?
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/Utils/Strings.ord().phpt b/tests/Utils/Strings.ord().phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09f6ca2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Utils/Strings.ord().phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Test: Nette\Utils\Strings::ord()
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Nette\Utils\Strings;
+use Tester\Assert;
+
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
+
+
+Assert::same(0x000000, Strings::ord("\x00"));
+Assert::same(0x00007F, Strings::ord("\x7F"));
+Assert::same(0x000080, Strings::ord("\u{80}"));
+Assert::same(0x0007FF, Strings::ord("\u{7FF}"));
+Assert::same(0x000800, Strings::ord("\u{800}"));
+Assert::same(0x00D7FF, Strings::ord("\u{D7FF}"));
+Assert::same(0x00E000, Strings::ord("\u{E000}"));
+Assert::same(0x00FFFF, Strings::ord("\u{FFFF}"));
+Assert::same(0x010000, Strings::ord("\u{10000}"));
+Assert::same(0x10FFFF, Strings::ord("\u{10FFFF}"));
+Assert::same(0x000080, Strings::ord("\u{80}\u{80}"));
+
+Assert::exception(function () {
+	Strings::ord("\u{D800}");
+}, Nette\InvalidArgumentException::class, 'Invalid UTF-8 character "\xEDA080".');
+
+Assert::exception(function () {
+	Strings::ord('');
+}, Nette\InvalidArgumentException::class, 'Invalid UTF-8 character "".');
+
+Assert::exception(function () {
+	Strings::ord("\xFF");
+}, Nette\InvalidArgumentException::class, 'Invalid UTF-8 character "\xFF".');